Gaming & Hospitality
With more than 30 lawyers active in Milbank’s Gaming & Hospitality Group, our clients have access to attorneys who deliver the unusual combination of in-depth legal expertise along with a thorough understanding of the industry. Over the past 20 years, Milbank lawyers have played key roles in transactions involving some of the world’s most well-known names in gaming & hospitality, such as Tropicana, Station Casinos Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Grand Heritage Hotels, Trump Casinos & Hotels and Peninsula Hotel Group. We also represent the leading lenders, bondholders, private equity funds, institutional investors and owners of internationally recognized gaming, hotel and resort properties. Please click for a representative list of clients.
A Multi-disciplinary Hospitality Practice with Bench Strength
Our multi-disciplinary Gaming & Hospitality Group is comprised of some of the world’s leading corporate, real estate, finance, tax, private equity and litigation attorneys. It is led by Ken Baronsky and Peter Benudiz, each of whom have been recognized by both peers and clients as being at the top of their field. Our roster of attorneys includes the former general counsel of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and the lead trial lawyer in the seminal Woodley Road case that changed the hospitality landscape.
We have become the “go-to” firm for many in the industry by carefully cultivating a culture that attracts the most talented attorneys focused on creating value for our clients. We do this seamlessly across our offices both domestically and around the world. Click to read more about our international Gaming & Hospitality footprint.
Extensive Experience, In-depth Expertise
While we have strong experience across the gaming & hospitality industry, we also have
in-depth expertise in diverse areas, which allows us to assist clients in navigating the complexities - both exotic and traditional - of “one off” projects and portfolio deals. We have brought our expertise to bear on behalf of clients globally in a wide variety of gaming transactions and hotel & resort projects.
Our experience encompasses a range of service areas from management and other operating agreements to financial restructuring, distressed debt and equity investments. We also are regularly called upon to represent household names in the industry in acquisitions and sales, condo-hotel/fractional practice, conventional, construction, participating and mezzanine financing and cross-border transactions.
Clients call upon us from the inception of a transaction or project to assist in formulating the investment, financial and operational structures that create a foundation for success. We work with them to formulate and execute well-grounded business plans needed in an increasingly competitive global industry.
Partners and Associates
Baronsky, Kenneth J.
Benudiz, Peter P.
Black, Duncan C.
Brabant, Lisa
Chen, Weiheng
Clark, Melissa A.
Dayen, Michael
Dunne, Dennis F.
Friedman, Simon
Gardner, Bruce T.
Holstein, Darrell J.
Ishikawa, Naomi J.
Janson, Thomas C.
Kennedy, Giles
Kreller, Thomas R.
Lamb, David. A
Levine, David A.
Mackey, Timothy A.
Moore, Robert Jay
Root, Anthony
Ruosch, Deborah J.
Sun, Edward
Wigmore, Gary S.
Wong, Karen B.
Woo, Desiree
Zemans, David H.
Zimmerman, Joshua
Zolkin, David B.